It will also be the site of the Great Lakes Invitational, two Ontario Hockey League games, numerous high school and youth games and the NHL alumni game.

Michigan and Michigan State will be two of the GLI teams, according to the Daily. Three OHL teams, according to the report—the Plymouth Whalers, Saginaw Spirit and Windsor Spitfires—have already been confirmed. The fourth will be the London Knights, according to the Windsor Star.

One of the final hurdles was securing the OK from the Michigan Board of Regents, who on Wednesday decided to lease the stadium for $3 million to the league and use one of its 12 one-day only liquor licenses on the event.

Regent S. Martin Taylor, who said he "enthusiastically supports" the leasing, said there should be no issue with liquor being sold at the event.

"We're not doing it. It's not a student affair," Taylor said via conference call, according to the Detroit News. "It's an outside third party, and I think as the stadium becomes more well-known and more amenities are used, we'll probably be doing this in the future, and I think that's good."

Now, as noted by Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon, all that's left is for the Red Wings and Maple Leafs to break the attendance record for an outdoor hockey game, which is currently held by a Michigan-Michigan State game at the Big House in 2010. Guinness lists that figure at 104,173.

"It's going to be an exciting opportunity for us to host a huge event. I know the NHL is hell-bent to break the record we set at the Big Chill, and I hope they do … because then we're going to come back and have another hockey game and break their record," Brandon said.

The current Winter Classic record for attendance is 68,111, set by the 2011 game at Pittsburgh's Heinz Field.

Buffalo, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia have also hosted the Winter Classic.